Avatar: Mysteries

[Orophin]

Sounds good!

[Teяa253]

yep. if it's not up by Sunday, then something is wrong--very wrong.
~Toph~

[Teяa253]

AS SWIFT AS FIRE
I was tossing and turning uncomfortably in my sleep. Even my supernatural powers could not help me here. I heard that voice again, as if it were a warning.
“Tera,” it commanded, “This is the last time I will warn you: leave Sanaki alone. Failure to comply will result in undesirable action against you. You have been warned. I do not wish to have to do this.”
“If you didn’t,” I muttered, waking up, “THEN WHY DO YOU!?!”
The voice did not answer. I did hear another voice though.
“Hey Tera,” it said, “it’s nice to interact with your dreams, but could you stay silent at least until morning?”
“Shut up,” I replied darkly and lay back down. That voice had sounded like Sanaki’s. Either way, I was probably going to knock her around anyways, so I didn’t think too much of it.

I woke up later than the others did, seeing the usual nothingness that was in front of me. I sat down and massaged my feet, and then stood up again. That was better. Now I could locate everyone. Sanaki’s waterbender was cooking something over a fire like she usually was, Zuko and Katara were nowhere to be seen, Sokka was sitting by the fire, and Sanaki was still asleep I presumed. Aang was sitting on top of a rock, thinking about something.
“Morning,” I said, smacking my lips and sitting down,
“Good morning,” someone replied. I froze. Sanaki’s waterbender had just spoken. I knew it was her because I recognized everyone else’s voice.
“What are you cooking?” I asked, but she did not respond. I snapped my fingers and disappointment.
“Hey, Toph,” said Sokka, “sleep well?”
“Yeah,” I replied, “until a couple of idiots started yelling last night.” I was talking about Tera and Sanaki. Of course, Sanaki was my friend, but this did not stop her—or any of us for that matter—from being an idiot sometimes. Tera was just mean, so I didn’t care.

Last night had been awful. After I had told Tera to shut up (she didn’t say anything about it being me who said it though, so maybe she did not know) Tera had taken me into the forest, froze me, and left me there. The freezing was not so bad, except for the fact that I was completely blind when such a thing happened. I stumbled back to camp within a few hours; time, and fell asleep then and there.
I woke up after everyone else, but I still got some food. Sokka and Toph said they were going to search for Zuko and Katara, while I sat back and ate. As I was eating, Aang approached me.
“You need something?” I asked him without turning my head—it would not have done much good anyways, since I was blind.
“Yeah,” Aang replied, “I notice you have some awesome firebending abilities, and you carry some defensive moves with you as well. And, well… since Zuko’s still a little awkward, I was wondering if you could teach me firebending.”
“Hmm,” I muttered, “I suppose I could teach you some of my basics,” I said, “since you are the Avatar, and since firebending generally lacks the defensive ability that mine has, sure, I suppose I can teach you.”
“Thanks,” Aang replied, “I don’t mean to sound annoying, but can we start right now?”
“No,” I replied, “let me eat first. After that, I’ll be glad to.” I heard him consent, and the sat back down to finish my meal.

Toph and I had been walking for quite some time now. Suddenly, however, we came across an open field, where two benders were practicing firebending. I looked closer and saw that it was Aang and Sanaki. Sanaki was teaching Aang some her notorious firebending skills.
“you’re a fast learner,” I heard Sanaki say, but now it’s time to put your defensive firebending skills to the test. Fire will block fire—along with many other things. However, if you want to fully grasp the pure speed that firebending is capable of, then try to keep up with me. Sanaki began rapidly jabbing the air, and fireballs cam blasting out of her hands. She flipped over and shot some from her feet as well. Aang blocked a few of them, but was no match for Sanaki’s pure, raw speed.
“Holy crap,” I heard Toph say, “I always knew Sanaki had swift moves, but never like this before. She is FAST.”
We decided to make our appearances known to Aang and Sanaki.
“Nice job, Aang,” I said, “Sanaki’s a good firebending teacher.”

“Yeah,” I added, “I guess when you’re blind you have less to distract you, and you can feel your native element better. This may explain why we both are able to detect our surroundings, Sanaki.”
“I never thought of it that way,” Sanaki replied, but I just gave her a pat on the back. “You and I both know that blind benders are the best, right?” I told her
“I was the one who told you that,” Sanaki replied, and I just laughed. Suddenly, Sanaki was knocked off her feet by a burst of fire. Knowing the perpetrator, (Aang) Sanaki shot back up onto her feet and retaliated. Aang however, blocked it.

I would have been mad, but this was my student showing me my skills. I had told him never to let his guard down. I had just done that, and I was simply paying the price. I still had plans to get him back though.
“Nice one, Aang,” I told him, “You remembered my lessons, and you remembered to defend yourself. I think you’ve done well for today. We’ll continue later.
“Already,” Aang exclaimed, but Sokka told him that they had been at it for a good 6 hours.
We all returned to camp and went our won ways, and not to my surprise, I was attacked yet again by Tera, this time with a blast of fire similar to the one Aang had launched at me. I was on the ground again. Suddenly, I felt something underneath me smash me upwards high into the air. I began screaming as I started freefalling whatever distance it was between me and the ground. Once again, Tera had caught me alone and out of range of anyone else—or so I thought. Being up there and falling though, was very scary for me, since the surprise attack had distorted my senses a little. As I plummeted, my fall was broken by a smooth wave of water. I was able to stand on my feet.
“Tera,” said a voice that I recognized as my waterbender’s, “This has gone far enough. Kai warned you that she was going to take undesirable action if you did it again, and it looks like you have now requested Kai’s services—MY services. You and Sanaki will settle your disputes here and now.”
“But,” I exclaimed to Kai, (since Kai was my waterbender’s seldom-mentioned name) “she’ll destroy me!”
Kai just smiled and put a hand on my back. I felt soothed and relaxed, but did not feel any more powerful. “You’ll do fine,” she assured me.

Tera and Sanaki were going to fight. This was going to be terrible for Sanaki. I watched the fight, with Toph on one side of me and Aang on the other. Tera had fast, powerful moves, but even Tera’s high speed could not compare with the mach-speed defenses that Sanaki could bring up. Suddenly, Tera did something weird and stopped. In this split-second, Sanaki had dashed up to her. She seemed literally stunned.
“This is for you, Tera” I heard Sanaki whisper, and suddenly, she went ballistic on Tera. Sanaki was trashing madly at every square inch of Tera she could reach, sending massive blazes of fire all over. Sanaki had incredible fast moves. After a few seconds of this madness, Sanaki was finally thrown off, and Tera backed away. She shot a look at Sanaki’s waterbender.
“You’ll pay for this, Kai,” she grumbled, “it’s a good thing we share a common purpose, otherwise it’d be now.”

So Sanaki’s waterbender was named Kai. I was finally glad I knew that, fir it had been bugging this earthbender for a while. I was surprised that Sanaki had actually done what she did to Tera. I heard Tera say that she was going to leave Sanaki alone now, but she shot a nasty look at Kai. “Kai,” I thought, “Where have I heard that name before?”
However, I was hungry, and dinner was waiting courtesy of Kai, so I thought of nothing more than the lust for food…

So yeah. that's the story as of now. Make of it what you will...

~Mai~

[Orophin]

Love it.

Some of the mysteries are solved!

Others, as mysterious as ever...

[Teяa253]

so, Sanaki's waterbender has been solved!
now, we are wondering what her common purpose with Tera is,
As for Tera, we still don't know much about her...
~Azula~

[Orophin]

No, not much at all...

[Teяa253]

well, not much has been revealed...
~Sokka~

[Orophin]

But I'm sure you know a lot more than me.

[Teяa253]

I do. Tera is... well...


...different...
~Azula~

[Orophin]

Different how?

[Teяa253]

well, it's hard to explain. like with Kai, Tera's information will be revealed in due time...
~Katara~

[Orophin]

I think she may be a little crazy...

Or a lot crazy.

[Teяa253]

Tera is weird. It has been manifested that there is something wrong with her.
~Katara~

[Orophin]

Well, she does talk to herself...

[justafan]

nice, kai is involved some how with tera, strange indeed